Scott Turner Schofield


Scott Turner Schofield is an American actor, writer, producer, and speaker. He is a transgender activist, and uses he/him and they/them pronouns.
Schofield has won awards for his performances and work in film, TV, theatre, and digital productions. In addition to performing, he has produced, written, directed, and consulted on several projects in film, TV, digital content, and theatre.
Schofield received a Tanne Award for Artistic Excellence from the Tanne Foundation in 2004. The Tanne Award is given to performers who passionately make a difference in this country through their performing.
In 2008, a collection of Schofield's three solo performance scripts was published by Homofactus Press titled "Two Truths and a Lie". Judith Halberstam wrote the foreword. The book was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in the Drama and Transgender categories; it was placed on the American Library Association's 2009 Rainbow List.
Schofield's work as an activist and public speaker has focused on education in regard to transgender issues and awareness. He has assisted in the creation of training programs, institutional support programs, and nondiscrimination policies in educational, government, and corporate settings.

Filmography

Scott Turner Schofield has appeared in films ranging from art house shorts to major feature length releases; including the Antonia Brico biopic 'The Conductor', directed by Maria Peters. He is currently filming 'Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps' with Andrea James which is based on his award-winning live performance art piece of the same name.
Schofield has a varied background in theatre as a performer, writer, director, and artistic director.
He is best known for a trilogy of critically acclaimed autobiographical works, which focus on the life experience of being Queer and transitioning. "Underground Transit": A spoken word performance taking on academic Queer Theory in the real life of one transition. "Debutante Balls": A performance piece on coming out into Southern Society as a lesbian, radical feminist, and finally, as a transgender man. The award-winning "Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps" which includes short stories, songs, and short films that center an epic trans life--before, during, and 20 years beyond transition.
In 2007 Schofield was honored by the Princess Grace Foundation-USA, where he received the Gant Gaither Award, a theater fellowship in acting. Schofield carried out his fellowship at 7 Stages in Atlanta, where he worked as the assistant to French director Eric Vigner on Bernard Marie Koltes' play "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields"; with German actress Anne Tismer on "Gutes Tun/Doing Good Things"; and with American actress/director Crystal Dickinson on Pearl Cleage's play "A Song for Coretta". Schofield also became the first openly transgender creator to receive a National Performance Network Creation Fund to produce "Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps". The commission was supported by The Pat Graney Company in Seattle, DiverseWorks in Houston, and 7 Stages in Atlanta.
In 2010, after an interim role in 2009, Schofield became the Artistic Director of Out North Contemporary Art House in Anchorage Alaska. He curated 3 seasons of performance, film, music, and visual arts. Schofield accepted an ACLU Award as a Hero for Constitutional Rights on behalf of Out North's founders, volunteers, and artists in 2011. During his tenure as Artistic Director he conceived of the Art House Residency Program. The program was subsequently funded for $250,000 by ArtPlace America.
In May 2012, Schofield moved to France to work again with Eric Vigner on a play by Christophe Honoré titled "La Faculté". He worked with the Academy of the Théâtre de Lorient and actress Yutta Weiss on the world premiere at the 2012 Festival d'Avignon. The play was also performed at the National Theatres of France, touring France in the 2012–13 season to Lorient, Toulouse, Clermont-Ferrand, Reims, and Orleans.

Festival Performances

Culture
Schofield has also appeared in television and streaming series. In May 2015, Schofield became the first openly transgender actor on daytime television, as the recurring character Nick on the CBS's "The Bold And The Beautiful".
Schofield is also a producer and consultant for TV and film.
Schofield is involved in diverse offerings on series streaming platforms.
Scott Turner Schofield became a professional transgender advocate in 2002. He has worked with over 100 major universities and corporations, educating on transgender cultural competency and workplace diversity and inclusion.
Major accomplishments include the popular TED Talk “Ending Gender” and the eCourse “Everybody Changes,” which teaches inclusivity for trans and gender non-conforming individuals using locker rooms.
In 2019, Schofield collaborated with Jill Soloway, in partnership with 5050by2020 to lead their Trans Masculine Cohort. The group brings trans masculine professionals in Hollywood for educational and collaborative opportunities.
In 2018, when Scarlett Johansson experienced backlash for attempting to play a transgender character, Schofield acted in a viral video featuring trans men auditioning for roles Johansson had played starring D’Lo, Justin Chow, and Rocco Kayiotis. He participated in industry roundtables and was highlighted in the Associated Press and The Hollywood Reporter’scoverage of trans entertainment professionals responding to the issue.

Thought Leadership

Schofield works on the front lines of gender expansion in culture, as a speaker and writer engaging social change on transgender issues.